Welcome to Database of the Week — a feature from the Management & Economics Library (MEL).\u00a0 These weekly database snapshots will give you basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources.<\/p>\n
This Week\u2019s Featured Database: <\/strong> World Tourism Organization E-Library<\/em>, from the United Nations.<\/p>\n Link:<\/strong> www.lib.purdue.edu\/mel<\/a>, in the pull down Quick Access to Business Databases<\/em> alpha list right below our banner.<\/p>\n Description\/focus:<\/strong> The World Tourism Organization E-Library<\/em> reports cover the tourism industry around the world, and our subscription includes electronic versions (PDF or .xls) of all the data published in the standard reference, the Tourism Factbook<\/em>.<\/p>\n Start with this hint:<\/strong> The link to the Tourism Factbook<\/em> is about halfway down the column on the left on the landing page.\u00a0 For other searches, though, choose Advanced Search<\/strong> on the right side in order to quickly select parameters such as language, the region, and year of publication.\u00a0 After you hit Search<\/strong>, narrow further with selections that appear on the right side of the results.<\/p>\n Why you should know this database:<\/strong> Tourism is, of course, the focus of the World Tourism Organization E-Library<\/em>, but topics such as risk and crisis management, economics, and sustainable development are covered.\u00a0 The Tourism Factbook<\/em> presents charts, but the full-text special country and special topic reports discuss aspects such as the geographical and cultural diversity of the country, population trends, historical and political backgrounds, and economic indicators.<\/p>\n How this database can be integrated into the curriculum:<\/strong> The Tourism Factbook<\/em> will be of particular interest to students in HTM, but the special reports are a rich source of economic and social information.\u00a0 For example, The Russian Outbound Market<\/em> includes a report on internet usage in Europe.<\/p>\n Cost:<\/strong> Paid by the Libraries.<\/p>\n ——————————<\/p>\n Database of the Week comes to you from the Management & Economics Library (MEL). Our intent is to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know.\u00a0 If you would like more information about this database, or if you would like a demonstration of it for a class, contact kranlib@purdue.edu<\/a>.\u00a0 Database of the Week is archived\u00a0 at https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/category\/mgmt\/database\/<\/a>.\u00a0 For more Purdue Libraries news, follow us on Twitter (@PurdueLibraries<\/a>).<\/p>\n